29th September 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 2.5G mobile data is crap - Orange exec CTIA And consumers don't want it. So there.
• Cingular brings BlackBerry to Nokia's commie At last
• Danes and Swedes fume over mobile 'bridge toll' The Great Divide
• Mobile beheading clip man jailed Shock and urggh

Comms: Networks

• Ofcom acts to protect consumers NTS number consultation
• Pipex streamlines channel offering Hokey gokei

Hardware: Servers

• IBM gives blades 4Gbit/s zip Plug and chug

Lifecycle: Execute

• BEA buys into open source tools A richer, finer blend

Management: Financial News

• Brit chef trousers $1m poker prize Amateur sharp sees off US opposition
• Crazy Frog emasculates Verisign earnings Ding ding ding ding dididing ... lower than expected outlook
• E*Trade to buy BrownCo for $1.6bn Online share dealings
• eBay faces court over contact lens dispute Regards allegations as 'libellous'
• Gizmondo firm goes to Nasdaq Looking for 'larger investor base'
• Microsoft revamps adCenter for MSN Doing a Google
• Poker firm begins trading Place yer bets on 888
• RIM looks to strong H2 as Q2 income slips Expects 5m subscribers by March 2006
• Unseemly 'elitism' row rocks PrepCom3 Government-only meetings provoke ire

Management: IT Director

• Ballmer and Gates make a million Hardest working men in IT
• Public sector IT pros have their say More caring, less sharing

Music and Media

• Congress mulls 'post-Grokster' legislation Considering the coup de grâce
• Does the ITU get the internet? World organisation's IP block on lock
• eDonkey seeks sanctuary Can't afford the lawyer
• US deploys global IP strategy USPTO launches three-pronged attack
• Warner Music's Michael Nash - no executioner Reg oops
• Webcam used to 'babysit kids' Mum quizzed by police

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• 'We Are The Champions' voted world's fave song A million flies can't be wrong - eat at Joe's
• Gay Naval officer faces keelhauling Mr Gay UK contender ordered to withdraw

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Tritium-fuelled watches debut at Cash'n'Carrion Cash'n'Carrion Glow-in-the-dark timepieces

Personal: PCs

• Ex-AMD man fined $1m over bribery scandal Seagate, STMicro former workers jailed and fined too

Personal: Peripherals

• LG to ship notebook fuel cell in 12 months First to market?

Personal: Reviews

• iRiver T20 512MB digital music player Review Too small?

Personal: System Builder

• Nvidia unveils SLi-capable GeForce Go 7800GTX Leaked slides, spec confirmed

Science

• Arctic sea ice gone within a century? Polar habitats threatened by thaw
• It's space, Jim (but not as we know it) Voyager 1's intrepid mission into the heliosheath
• NASA and Google to build research centre Project collaboration
• New ISS crew, plus tourist, readies for launch Package holiday
• NHS to probe students' lung function All in the name of Healthcare Science Week
• Nobel laureate to address London students Aiming for inspiration

Security: Enterprise Security

• Warning over unattended PC peril Who's been looking at my spreadsheets?

Software

• EMI recalls DRM-encumbered CD Over enthusiastic

Software: Applications

• Peru's parliament approves pro-open source bill 'Bill here. Get Steve on a flight to Lima'